March 5, 2026
Nature Done Wright
Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
The Rob Fanning Report
Rob sez:
Recent highlights at the Celery Farm were a group of 8+
BOBOLINKS singing away at the top of a large tree out in the marsh
(visible from the Scout Platform) — probably the same group of birds that
Fred Weber had before I arrived.
I also heard and then had a brief flyby
glimpse of a first-year male ORCHARD ORIOLE. Full list is below.
Location: The Celery Farm
Observation date: 5/7/09
Number of species: 57+
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck 5
Gadwall 2
American Black Duck 4
Mallard X
Green-winged Teal 2
Double-crested Cormorant 33
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Killdeer 3
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
shorebird sp. 5
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo 3
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Tree Swallow 30
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Wood Thrush 1
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler X
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 4
Common Yellowthroat 6
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal X
Bobolink 8
Red-winged Blackbird X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
2 comments
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Ya know, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Rob without a hat.
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My, what a handsome bird watcher!!





2 comments
Patrick
Ya know, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Rob without a hat.
Deedee Burnside
My, what a handsome bird watcher!!